Manage Google autocomplete predictions

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When you type in Google, it tries to predict what you’re looking for. This is called autocomplete. You can turn off some of these predictions, or tell Google if there are any issues.

Learn more about how Google autocomplete works.

Turn off Search personalization

If you turn off "Search personalization," Google doesn’t predict things based on what you’ve searched for before. If you let Google save what you do, it can make search better for you. Learn how to manage Personalized Recommendations in Search services.

If you’re signed in to your Google Account and "Search personalization" is on, you’ll receive personalized predictions and recommendations in Google Search. If you don’t want to get predictions and recommendations, you can turn off Personalized Recommendations.

Turn off trending searches

If you don’t want to get trending searches in the Google app, you can change your settings.

If you turn off trending searches, it only turns them off in the Google app on the iPhone or iPad that you’re using. To turn them off on google.com, you need to change the settings in a browser.

1. On your iPhone or iPad, open the Google app .
2. At the top right, tap your Profile picture or Initial Settings Other settings.
3. Turn off Autocomplete with trending searches.

Turn off trending searches from a mobile browser

1. On your iPhone or iPad, open a browser such as Chrome or Safari.
2. In the search bar, go to google.com.
3. At the top right, tap your Profile picture or initial  More settings  Other settings.
4. Turn off Autocomplete with trending searches.

Report a prediction

You can report a prediction you think violates one of the autocomplete policies.

1. On your iPhone or iPad, open the Google app or go to google.com.
2. In the search box, type what you want to search for.
   • Google shows you some predictions below the search box.
3. To tell Google about a prediction:
   • On google.com in a browser:
     1. Touch and hold on a prediction.
     2. Tap Report this.
   • In the Google app:
     1. Swipe left on a prediction.
     2. Tap Information Report this.

Google looks at what you said, but might not remove the prediction.

Report a legal issue about the prediction

If you think a prediction is against the law, fill out this form.

Related resources

• How Search works with your activity
• Find and erase your Google Search history